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Wednesday, June 23, 1993
STUNT KITES FROM 19.95 Bobbi's Bedroom 842-7378
Camping Equipment Rental OPEN this summer to serve your camping needs
WILDERNESS DISCOVERY
RENTAL RATES
Item First Day Rate Additional Per Day
Backpack 5.00 4.00
Ice Chest (12 Gallon) 2.00 1.75
Water Cooler (5 Gallon)
Water Jug (2 Gallon)
Coleman Outfitter Cook Kit 3.50 2.25
Fuel Bottle (Full) 2.50
Lanterns:
Gas 3.00 2.50
Fluorescent 3.00 2.50
Dual Action 2.00 1.50
Sport Light
Sleeping Bag 4.00 3.50
Sleeping Pad 1.50 1.00
Stoves:
Coleman 2 Burner 2.50 2.00
Single Burner 2.50 2.00
Charcoal Grill 2.50 2.00
Tents:
2-Person Timberline 6.00 4.50
1-Person Trackline 7.00 5.50
FOR MORE INFORMATION,
CALL 864-4219
IN THE JAYBQWL
KANSAS UNION
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS UNIQN
ENTERTAINMENT
Auto accident causes new accent
New York Newsday reported in April that a 46-year-old Worcester, Mass., man inexplicably began speaking with a French accent immediately after he was involved in an automobile accident last year. Dr. Majis Moennis told the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology that about two dozen cases of "foreign accent syndrome" have been reported in this century, caused by a change in the brain circuit involved with motor control that affects the vocal cords.
THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY
In March, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver dismissed a civil lawsuit by Merril Chamberlain, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of an Albuquerque, N.M., police officer.
Chamberlain had sued the Albuquerque Police Department and the city, claiming that he wouldn't have been guilty of murder if the officer had not allowed him surreptitiously to gain access to his handgun or if the officer had been wearing a bullet-proof vest.
In April, Scott Abrams, 27, filed a $2 million lawsuit against the owners and managers of an apartment build-
for injuries he suffered in 1991 during an electrical storm.
he was hit by lightning while sitting on the roof with his feet in a puddle. He said the defendants were negligent in maintaining the rooftop and should have provided signs with brighter paint.
In August, Anna Lilenthal, 63, filed a lawsuit against the city of Simi Valley, Calif., for injuries suffered at the city's Fourth of July celebration when a skydriver missed his target and landed on top of her.
In March, the Wyoming Supreme Court on a technicality revived Richard Osborn's lawsuit, sending back for trial his claim that a Casper video store defrauded him.
Osborn said he bought the X-rated "Belle of the Ball" based on a photo on the package featuring actress Busty Belle but later discovered that Belle was on screen for only eight or nine of the film's 60-plus minutes. Osborn
seeks a refund of the $29.95 purchase price plus $55.79 in reimbursement for medicine because he said the stress of not seeing more of Belle caused an asthma attack — plus $50,000 for "pain and suffering."
In February, Kenneth Bruckner of Gering, Neb., filed a lawsuit against the Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver, claiming that the cleanser used to disinfect the toilet seat he was using was highly toxic and caused him permanent burns, neurological injuries, and urological and sexual dysfunction.
Bruckner's attorney said, "What's the world coming to if it's not safe to sit on the toilet and read the paper?"
LEAST COMPETENT PERSON
Seattle, Wash., police arrested a 27-year old man in April after he attempted to deposit a check into his account at a Washington Bank office. According to a teller, he is the same man who robbed the branch two days earlier.
LATEST MESSAGE RECEIVED
Cody Judy, 27, charged by police with holding a Mormon Church official hostage in February in Salt Lake City, told reporters in April to expect that God would send earthquake,
eruptions and pestilence in retaliation for his arrest, and that law enforcement officials would experience "baldness to your heads and a curse on your private parts."
The New Yorker magazine reported in April that art Nancy Rubin's work, appearing at the Kasmin gallery on Grand Street, consisted of a room "nearly filled" with "old mattresses dotted with mounds of partially mashed Ettemann's cakes and suspended a few inches off the floor.
THE WEIRDO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY
GOOD NEWS
In April in Los Angeles, B.R. Chavez, a small, slow moving 77-year-old man who said he was sick of riding paint-vandalized buses, made a citizen's arrest of two boys, ages 18 and 15, who had started to spray paint the bus he was riding.
Chavez flashed a card with a drawing of an eagle on it and announced that the boys were under arrest. The bus driver signaled a police car, and the boys went quietly. The older boy was sentenced to three days in jail plus two years' probation and 30 hours of graffiti-removal service.
BENCHWARMERS
Monday 75¢ Draws
Tuesday $1 Big Beers
Wednesday $3.50 Pitchers
Thursday 25¢ Draws
Friday & Saturday 2 For 1 Well Drinks
Macintosh PowerBook 145 4/40 $1425°o0
GCC WriteMove II Printer $499°o0
Have the freedom to take your studies with you wherever you go with the Macintosh PowerBook and the GCC WriteMove II Printer. The power you need can fit right in your book bag.
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